Read And Write Sports

Author : Anastasia Suen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598846324

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Read and Write Sports by Anastasia Suen Pdf

This book allows students to bring the energy of their everyday lives into the classroom via sports-based readers theatre and writing activities. Team sports like football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer. Individual athletic pursuits, such as skating, gymnastics, track, BMX, and skateboarding. These are the activities that hold a powerful and universal appeal for kids. Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3–8 makes students forget they're learning by delivering the action and emotion of their favorite pursuits as they participate in readers theatre activities and writing exercises such as composing an action-reaction poem for each sport. These activities allow students to draw from their personal experience and bring their extracurricular activities into the classroom by writing a narrative scene for different sports throughout the school year. Each chapter provides "filled-out" examples to model the pre-writing process, making it easy for students to see how others think before they write.

Author : Joyce Carol Oates,Daniel Halpern
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Boxing
ISBN : UCSC:32106015297879

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Reading the Fights by Joyce Carol Oates,Daniel Halpern Pdf

Fans of tough, hard-hitting prose and tough, hard-hitting men will find plenty to cheer about as the power and the passion, the poetry and the pain of big-time boxing explode on the page. The book is championship material!

Author : Angie Abdou,Jamie Dopp
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781771992282

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Writing the Body in Motion by Angie Abdou,Jamie Dopp Pdf

Sport literature is never just about sport. The genre’s potential to explore the human condition, including aspects of violence, gender, and the body, has sparked the interest of writers, readers, and scholars. Over the last decade, a proliferation of sport literature courses across the continent is evidence of the sophisticated and evolving body of work developing in this area. Writing the Body in Motion offers introductory essays on the most commonly taught Canadian sport literature texts. The contributions sketch the state of current scholarship, highlight recurring themes and patterns, and offer close readings of key works. Organized chronologically by source text, ranging from Shoeless Joe (1982) to Indian Horse (2012), the essays offer a variety of ways to read, consider, teach, and write about sport literature.

Author : Eden Robinson
Publisher : Emblem Editions
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551991566

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Blood Sports by Eden Robinson Pdf

This eagerly anticipated new novel is Eden Robinson’s most satisfying, disturbing, and addictive to date. A new novel from one of our best young writers, Blood Sports is the tough, gritty story of the brutal cat-and-mouse relationship between two cousins — Tom and Jeremy Bauer — set in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. Tom, a young man, hardly innocent, has been caught up over the years in Jeremy’s world of drugs, extortion, and prostitutes, while Jeremy, vindictive, vicious, either protects Tom or uses him, but always controls him. Added to the mix is Paulie, a junkie two years clean and Tom’s girlfriend, and also the mother of his daughter. This lethal triangle shifts when word gets out Tom has been talking to the police, and men from the past who have a lot to lose reappear. Suddenly Tom and Paulie are pawns in a much larger game, with everything at stake. With the storytelling skill and engrossing characterizations that have made her previous books so popular, Robinson keeps the tension humming in this riveting novel. This is Eden Robinson at the height of her powers. “I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton. I am absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way.” —Eden Robinson

Author : Rasmus Ankersen
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848314238

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The Gold Mine Effect by Rasmus Ankersen Pdf

'A great read and a fascinating insight into performance.' Sir Clive Woodward We all want to discover our hidden talents and make an impact with them. But how? Rasmus Ankersen, an ex-footballer and performance specialist, quit his job and for six intense months lived with the world's best athletes in an attempt to answer this question. Why have the best middle distance runners grown up in the same Ethiopian village? Why are the leading female golfers from South Korea? How did one athletic club in Kingston, Jamaica, succeed in producing so many world-class sprinters? Ankersen presents his surprising conclusions in seven lessons on how anyone - or any business, organisation or team - can defy the many misconceptions of high performance and learn to build their own gold mine of real talent.

Author : Natalie Regier
Publisher : Rainbow Horizons Publishing
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781553196938

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Winter Sports by Natalie Regier Pdf

Favourite winter activities provide a springboard for this fantastic language arts unit designed to keep students guessing what new and exciting sport will be the subject of tomorrow's lesson. Major topics include: Bobsled, Hockey, Curling, Luge, Cross Country Skiing, Downhill Skiing, Snowmobiling, and Skating. Every day, a different exciting winter sport is the topic of interest to keep students motivated. Lesson plans give suggested teacher strategies for each of the lessons. Every day there is a brainstorming activity, a study of new vocabulary, a spelling activity, work in the activity book, work in the writing book, and a homework page. This Sports unit provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, lessons, activities, crossword, and word search to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

Author : Patrick Barry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : English language
ISBN : 1607855070

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The Syntax of Sports, Class 1 by Patrick Barry Pdf

The Syntax of Sports is that course you wish you took in college--even if you aren't a sports fan. It's interesting. It's practical. It's inspiring. And best of all, it teaches you a skill that is at once highly marketable and potentially transforming: how to become a better thinker and writer. The beginning of a multi-volume series, this initial book recreates the first day of class as it was taught to undergraduates at the University of Michigan. The examples are compelling. The dialogue is fast moving. The stories are ones you'll want to return to and retell over and over again. There is a reason the actual students who took The Syntax of Sports said the following things about it: "Every class I learned something new that I know I'll actually use in my writing for years to come. Couldn't be happier that I took a chance on Syntax of Sports." "Prof. Barry has structured the course so that it's almost impossible not to learn something valuable to take with you to future classes and future career possibilities." "I have learned a ton of techniques for being a better writer in this class. I have also learned many life lessons that will undoubtedly guide how I act in the future." "I absolutely loved this course because the teacher was so awesome. I enjoyed sitting through class listening to Professor Barry and falling in love with his brain."

Author : Continental Press Staff,Jack Cassidy,Continental Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-20
Category : English language
ISBN : 0845466534

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Read Reason Write by Continental Press Staff,Jack Cassidy,Continental Press Pdf

Read, Reason, Write: Sports Legends contains compelling, high-interest text that fosters higher-order reading and writing skills, as well as development of comprehension. This book is written on grade level with increasing readability levels.

Author : Peter Read Miller
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-31
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780133087079

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Peter Read Miller on Sports Photography by Peter Read Miller Pdf

In Peter Read Miller on Sports Photography, the 30-year Sports Illustrated veteran photographer takes you into the action of many of his most iconic shots, relating the stories behind the photos of some of the world’s greatest athletic events, including the Olympics and the Super Bowl. Discussing the circumstances surrounding particular shots, Peter shares observations of the athletes themselves, and provides tips and techniques for sports photographers of all levels looking to capture great photos of football, track and field, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as dynamic portraits of athletes. Unlike photo collections by other greats of sports photography, this book seamlessly interweaves the images and the fascinating stories behind them with photographic instruction, while giving you an inside look at what it’s like to work at the nation’s leading sports publication. Beautifully illustrated with images from the Olympics, football, and portrait sessions with professional athletes, this book offers a rich and inspiring experience for sports photographers, sports fans, and Sports Illustrated readers.

Author : Harry Glenn Burrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Sports journalism
ISBN : IOWA:31858013791722

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So You Want to Write Sports? by Harry Glenn Burrell Pdf

Author : David Epstein
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780735214491

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Range by David Epstein Pdf

The #1 New York Times bestseller that has all America talking: as seen/heard on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, The Bill Simmons Podcast, Rich Roll, and more. “The most important business—and parenting—book of the year.” —Forbes “Urgent and important. . . an essential read for bosses, parents, coaches, and anyone who cares about improving performance.” —Daniel H. Pink Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Plenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay, you’ll never catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at research on the world’s top performers, from professional athletes to Nobel laureates, shows that early specialization is the exception, not the rule. David Epstein examined the world’s most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, forecasters and scientists. He discovered that in most fields—especially those that are complex and unpredictable—generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel. Generalists often find their path late, and they juggle many interests rather than focusing on one. They’re also more creative, more agile, and able to make connections their more specialized peers can’t see. Provocative, rigorous, and engrossing, Range makes a compelling case for actively cultivating inefficiency. Failing a test is the best way to learn. Frequent quitters end up with the most fulfilling careers. The most impactful inventors cross domains rather than deepening their knowledge in a single area. As experts silo themselves further while computers master more of the skills once reserved for highly focused humans, people who think broadly and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives will increasingly thrive.

Author : Harvard Business Review,Alex Ferguson,Bill Parcells,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Joe Girardi
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781633694354

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership Lessons from Sports (featuring interviews with Sir Alex Ferguson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Andre Agassi) by Harvard Business Review,Alex Ferguson,Bill Parcells,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Joe Girardi Pdf

The world's elite athletes and coaches achieve high performance through inspiring leadership, mental toughness, and direction-setting strategic choices. Harvard Business Review has talked to many of these high performers throughout the years to learn how their success translates to the world of business. If you read nothing else on management lessons from the world of sports, read these 10 articles by athletes, coaches, and leadership experts. We've combed through our archive and selected the articles that will best help you drive performance. This book will inspire you to: Improve on your weaknesses, not just your strengths Take care of your body for sustained mental performance Increase your confidence and manage your energy before an important event Turn a struggling team around Understand the limits of performance metrics Focus on long-term goals to overcome setbacks Understand where the analogy of sports and business doesn't work This collection of articles includes "Ferguson's Formula," by Anita Elberse with Sir Alex Ferguson; "Life's Work: An Interview with Greg Louganis"; "The Making of a Corporate Athlete," by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz; "The Tough Work of Turning a Team Around," by Bill Parcells; "How an Olympic Gold Medalist Learned to Perform Under Pressure: An Interview with Alex Gregory"; "Mental Preparation Secrets of Top Athletes, Entertainers, and Surgeons," an interview with Daniel McGinn by Sarah Green Carmichael; "SoulCycle's CEO on Sustaining Growth in a Faddish Industry," by Melanie Whelan; "Life's Work: An Interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"; "Major League Innovation," by Scott D. Anthony; "Looking Past Performance in Your Star Talent," by Mark de Rond, Adrian Moorhouse, and Matt Rogan; "Life's Work: An Interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov"; "How the Best of the Best Get Better and Better," by Graham Jones; "Life's Work: An Interview with Joe Girardi"; "Why There Is an I in Team," by Mark de Rond; "Life's Work: An Interview with Andre Agassi"; and "Why Sports Are a Terrible Metaphor for Business," by Bill Taylor.

Author : Kenneth L. Shropshire,Collin D. Williams
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781613631386

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The Miseducation of the Student Athlete by Kenneth L. Shropshire,Collin D. Williams Pdf

In The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports, Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams, Jr., introduce The Student-Athlete Manifesto, a roadmap to increase the likelihood that student-athletes can succeed both on and off the field. They also offer a Meaningful Degree Model, which ensures education pays for everyone.

Author : Chad Harbach
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316192163

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The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Pdf

At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended. Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight, a longtime bachelor, has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne, Henry's gay roommate and teammate, becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz, the Harpooners' team captain and Henry's best friend, realizes he has guided Henry's career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight, Guert's daughter, returns to Westish after escaping an ill-fated marriage, determined to start a new life. As the season counts down to its climactic final game, these five are forced to confront their deepest hopes, anxieties, and secrets. In the process they forge new bonds, and help one another find their true paths. Written with boundless intelligence and filled with the tenderness of youth, The Art of Fielding is an expansive, warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits, about family and friendship and love, and about commitment--to oneself and to others.

Author : Mike McIntire
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780393292626

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Champions Way: Football, Florida, and the Lost Soul of College Sports by Mike McIntire Pdf

A searing exposé of how the multibillion dollar college sports empire fails universities, students, and athletes. With little public debate or introspection, our institutions of higher learning have become hostages to the rapacious, smash-mouth entertainment conglomerate known, quaintly, as intercollegiate athletics. In Champions Way, New York Times investigative reporter Mike McIntire chronicles the rise of this growing scandal through the experience of the Florida State Seminoles, one of the most successful teams in NCAA history. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his Times investigation of college sports, McIntire breaks new ground here, uncovering the workings of a system that enables athletes to violate academic standards and avoid criminal prosecution for actions ranging from shoplifting to drunk driving. At the heart of Champions Way is the untold story of a whistle-blower, Christie Suggs, and her wrenching struggle to hold a corrupt system to account. Together with shocking new details about prominent sports figures, including NFL quarterback Jameis Winston and former FSU coach Bobby Bowden, Champions Way shines a light on the ethical, moral, and legal compromises inherent in the making of a championship sports program. Beyond the story of Florida State, McIntire takes readers on a journey through the history of college football, from its origins as a roughneck pastime coached by nineteenth-century professors to its current incarnation as a gold-plated behemoth that long ago outgrew its scholastic environs. Illuminated in rich and disturbing detail is the hidden financial ecosystem that nourishes hundred-million-dollar teams, from the hustlers who recruit players for schools and the athletic departments controlled by rich boosters to the universities whose academic mission and moral authority have been undermined. More than pointing out flaws, McIntire examines their causes and offers hope to those who would reform college sports.